Shingle



Patented Nov, 6, i923.

@DENT FFMC@ NEAL JZBURGETT, F DETROIT, MICHIGAN.

SHINGLE.

Application led January 10, 1921. Serial No. 436,057.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that l, NEAL J. BURGE'rr, a citizen of the United States of America, rosidin at Detroit, in the county of Wayne and tate of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Shingles, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

rll`he invention relates to shingles and has for one of its objects the provision of a 'j the upwardly-extending shingle having a metallic body with an enameled surface. Other objects of the invention reside in the novel features of 'construction as more fully hereinafter set forth.

In the drawings: Figure 1 is a top plan view of a portion of a roof with my shingle applied; j

Figures 2 and 3 are respectively enlarged cross sections on the lines 2-2 and 3-3 of Fi re l;

1 igure 4 is a perspective view of the shine; g Figure is a top plan view of a modified construction of shingle;

Fi res 6 and 7 are cross sections on the lines 6 6 and 7,-7 respectively of Figure 5;

Figure 8 is an enlarged section showing the composition of the shingle.

. rEhe shingle comprises the body portion 1 having the integral depending flan e 2 at one side, and the U-shaped integral epending return-bent ange 3' at the other side, both of these Hanges progressively increasing in depth fromvthe upper end of the shingle to its lower end. 4 is an integral depending portion and overlapping the lower ends of the side flange 2 and the depending portion of the return-bent side ian'ge 3. The return-bent side flange 3 terminates in the laterally extending portion 5 which is located sutliciently below the plane of the body portion 1 to permit of the body portion of the adjacent shingleto extend thereover so that its side Harige 2 may nest within the return-bent side flange 3, as shown particularly in Figure 3. Suitable material 6, such as varnish seals thee joint between the nested IHanges. v

For the purpose ofmore completely weather-proong the roof, each shingle has rejection. near its upper end, which. is ocated.; below the apertures 8 through which the shingle securing means5'such as nails, pass. To permit ange at the lowell end of the body' of breaking the joints between the rows of shingles, this upwardly-extending projection 7 is divided at its middle, the ends being separated sufficiently to permit of the return-bent side flange 3 being inserted therebetween and resting upon the body portion of the shingle in the next lower row. rihe depending end flange 4: of the shingle in the adjacent upper row lies adjacent to the lower face of this upwardly-extending projection upon the next lower row, whereby the projection prevents passage of any moisture which might pass beneath the lower edge of the end flange 4.

fis shown in Figures 5 and 6, the body portion 9 of the shingle is corrugated to -have the portions 10 and 11 respectively in parallel upper and lower planes. 12 is a side flange depending from an upper portion 10, and 13 is the other side iange extending upwardly from a lower portion 11 and terminating in the laterally extending flange portion 1li which is located sufficiently below the plane of the upper portions 10 to permit of passing an upper border portion I 10 of the adjacent side channel thereover.

rlhe upwardly-extending projection 15 of this shingle has one end 16 spaced from the upwardly-extending flange 13 to permit of the insertion of the depending side flange 12 therebetween, and the other end 17 of this upwardly-extending projection terminates above the lower edge of the depending side flange 12 so that it will abut the upper edge of the end 16. upper end of the shingle and in the lower portions 11 through which suitable securing means pass. rThe lower end ofthe body portion 9 has the bead 19 therein for fitting over the upwardly-extending projection 15 of the shingle in the next lower row'.

As shown particularly in Figure 8, both shingles have the metallic body 19 with the surfaces 20 of fused granite'. This composition of metal and baked enamel makes the shingle weather-proof and permanent, and furthermore is such as to permit of limited bending of the shingle.

What claim as my invention is:v

1. lin a shingle, the combination with th`e body portion, of integral de ending anges at one side and the lower en thereof, an integral U-shaped flange at'the opposite side thereof, terminating in a laterally extending portion, said laterally extending portion being spaced from the body portion and 18 are apertures near the v" ioo disposed in plane parallel therewith, an in# tegral projection upon its upper face extending transversely thereof near its upper end, said side flanges progressively increasing in depth from the upper to the lower ends of said body portion, and said projection being divided near its middle to receive the U-shaped liange of the-adjacent shingle.

2. In a shingle, the combination with the body portion, of integral depending flanges upon opposite sides and at the lower end thereof, one ofy said flanges terminating in a laterally extending portion, said laterally extending portion being spaced from the body portion and disposed in a plane parallel therewith, and an integral projection upon the upper face of the body portion extending transversely thereof.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

Y NEAL J. BURGETT. 

